A powerful and dynamic look at slavery, particularly the experience of women in slavery. Miles is intelligent and artful and executed this book very well. She uses material artifacts (primarily a cotton sack passed down through generations) as a central theme and extrapolates various historical analyses about slavery in America specifically highlighting the perspective of Black women. A powerful look at atrocities that occurred throughout the country, particularly in the South, and the reverberation of both generational trauma and resiliency. This was a detailed and at times dense read and probably would have been best absorbed if I had spread it out over a couple of months.